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Today after a lovely breakfast we had a tour of Budapest with the highlight being a guided tour through the Budapest Royal Opera house. This beautiful building took our breath away especially when we had an impromptu operatic performance on the grand staircase as we sipped champagne. Unfortunately the battery died on the camera so I ...

... the horses. The Spanish riding horses are housed in the centre of the city and ride through daily for exercises. Then they go to the country for a rest break to be horses and eat grass, lovely!! We attended a classical concert in the opera house that was once the palace. Absolutely brilliant. We sat in a gold clad room with insane decorations, 6 massive chandeliers and as many statues. The orchestra consisted of 3 ...

... lady teamed up with us as she wasn't riding today either. We did a little bit of retail therapy at the markets and did our bit to keep the Hungarian economy ticking over. Then back onto the boat for coffee before going to tackle the suitcase. I have to try and condense it down a bit. It's amazing how much space a few extra plastic and paper bags take up! Once the boat docked in Esztergom we got our bikes and rode along the bike path for 6kms ...

... thick with flying insects, fallen petals, pollen, flying seed heads, but mostly the scent of wild wisteria. All sorts of other flowers were represented in the wildflower collection, flowers that we grow back home in a more sophisticated and domesticated form. The sounds of birdsong seems much louder than at home. The glimpses of the river, houses, gardens, villages, churches, of course factories, chimneys, power ...

Today was the final Fulbright monthly event. We met early at the Kelenfoldtrain station, which required a drive into Budapest, and then a change in metro lines but were not the last to make it to the meeting place. We boarded the bus and drove to Komárom, Hungary, which is west of Budapest on the Danube River. The town is directly scross the river from Komárno, Slovakia. Prior to the end of the first world war, these were a single town, with ...